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Do you have a list or link to any mega projects you are currently excited about?

piyh 6y ago
Starshade is a crazy concept that could do more for the search for life than any previous approach by allowing us to block out a star to directly view its planets. https://youtu.be/-jA2ABHBc6Y?t=3652 https://youtu.be/-jA2ABHBc6Y?t=3652
- kristianp 6y ago
  Non-youtube link. https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/resources/1015/flower-power-nasa-reveals-spring-starshade-animation/ https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/resources/1015/flower-power-nasa...
aylmao 6y ago
Three that sound pretty exciting to me are ITER [1], the Extremely Large Telescope [2] and the James Webb Space Telescope. I'm sure there is also more I haven't heard of yet! [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITER https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITER [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremely_Large_Telescope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremely_Large_Telescope [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremely_Large_Telescope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremely_Large_Telescope
- XorNot 6y ago
  James Webb is the one I worry about the most. ITER has a taken a long time, but they're making steady forward progress with it. Whereas I live in fear that James Webb will suffer a failure during launch or deployment that just turns it into a very expensive explosion.
  - aylmao 6y ago
    I agree. Or even if nothing explodes, I'm worried that during the unfolding something will break or get stuck and, and unlike Hubble it won't be "easily" repairable (if at all). Hopefully this doesn't happen, because it is a once-in-many-decades project.
- peterwoerner 6y ago
  Roman Space Telescope, LISA. [1] https://roman.gsfc.nasa.gov/ https://roman.gsfc.nasa.gov/ [2] https://lisa.nasa.gov/ https://lisa.nasa.gov/ , https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/LISA https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/LISA
  - aylmao 6y ago
    I didn't know about these two. Thanks for sharing!

piyh 6y ago

Starshade is a crazy concept that could do more for the search for life than any previous approach by allowing us to block out a star to directly view its planets. https://youtu.be/-jA2ABHBc6Y?t=3652 https://youtu.be/-jA2ABHBc6Y?t=3652

kristianp 6y ago
Non-youtube link. https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/resources/1015/flower-power-nasa-reveals-spring-starshade-animation/ https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/resources/1015/flower-power-nasa...

aylmao 6y ago

Three that sound pretty exciting to me are ITER [1], the Extremely Large Telescope [2] and the James Webb Space Telescope. I'm sure there is also more I haven't heard of yet! [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITER https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITER [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremely_Large_Telescope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremely_Large_Telescope [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremely_Large_Telescope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremely_Large_Telescope

XorNot 6y ago
James Webb is the one I worry about the most. ITER has a taken a long time, but they're making steady forward progress with it. Whereas I live in fear that James Webb will suffer a failure during launch or deployment that just turns it into a very expensive explosion.
- aylmao 6y ago
  I agree. Or even if nothing explodes, I'm worried that during the unfolding something will break or get stuck and, and unlike Hubble it won't be "easily" repairable (if at all). Hopefully this doesn't happen, because it is a once-in-many-decades project.
peterwoerner 6y ago
Roman Space Telescope, LISA. [1] https://roman.gsfc.nasa.gov/ https://roman.gsfc.nasa.gov/ [2] https://lisa.nasa.gov/ https://lisa.nasa.gov/ , https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/LISA https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/LISA
- aylmao 6y ago
  I didn't know about these two. Thanks for sharing!